PublicDateAtUSN: 2015-12-09
Candidate: CVE-2015-7545
PublicDate: 2016-04-13 15:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7545
 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/67
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/1
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/5
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/7
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2835-1
Description:
 The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in
 Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x
 before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might
 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a)
 .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Blake Burkhart
Assigned-to: mdeslaur
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]

Patches_git:
 upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/a5adaced2e13c135d5d9cc65be9eb95aa3bacedf
 upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/33cfccbbf35a56e190b79bdec5c85457c952a021
 upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/5088d3b38775f8ac12d7f77636775b16059b67ef
 upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/f4113cac0c88b4f36ee6f3abf3218034440a68e3
 upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/b258116462399b318c86165c61a5c7123043cfd4
upstream_git: released (1:2.6.1-1)
precise_git: released (1:1.7.9.5-1ubuntu0.2)
trusty_git: released (1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2)
trusty/esm_git: DNE (trusty was released [1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2])
vivid_git: released (1:2.1.4-2.1ubuntu0.1)
wily_git: released (1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.1)
devel_git: not-affected (1:2.6.2-1)